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To: zeestephen

Think of a rotating egg. A telescope at the very top won’t get a changing view compared to the 360 degree rotating views a telescope at higher latitudes can view.

But it can view areas that have never been viewed as such before.


8 posted on 06/09/2009 9:05:28 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: zeestephen

“Higher latitudes”—meant to say latitudes away from the pole.


10 posted on 06/09/2009 9:06:48 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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